Daily Wisdom Plan

¹Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the LORD protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.

²It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.

³Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.

⁴Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.

⁵How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.

¹How joyful are those who fear the LORD — all who follow his ways!

²You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How joyful and prosperous you will be!

³Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.

⁴That is the LORD’s blessing for those who fear him.

⁵May the LORD continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.

⁶May you live to enjoy your grandchildren. May Israel have peace!

¹From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:

²From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.

³My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.

⁴But the LORD is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.

⁵May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat.

⁶May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown,

⁷ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder.

⁸And may those who pass by refuse to give them this blessing: “The LORD bless you; we bless you in the LORD’s name.”